Hong Kong coach Simon Cook believes their bowling attack has what it takes to inflict damage on England when they meet on Sunday.

An England XI will take on Hong Kong in Abu Dhabi as part of their preparations for the one-day international series with Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

Hong Kong will compete in the ICC World Twenty20 having successfully qualified for next year's competition in India and Cook is confident his side can cause England problems in the 50-over game.

"In any side there's always the odd one or two who can cause you a bit of damage," Cook told ESPNcricinfo. 

"Guys like Irfan Ahmed who can, on his day, destroy a team and we have great death bowler in Haseeb Amjad as well, who is probably one of the better exponents of bowing at the death I've seen, even in county cricket.

"Azhar Mahmood was fantastic when I played for Kent - and he keeps doing it - and Haseeb is up there as one of the few guys in the world who can really nail a yorker on demand.

"For us, in the longer form of the game you'll see the class of a main international side will win out so what I'm looking forward to is the guys learning from that experience, seeing how the England guys perform their skills.

"It's not one-off shots and one-deliveries, it's the fact they can do it for a sustained period of time and that's what I want our guys to really learn."